Grade 4 test questions: describing sequences of shape transformations.

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🔍 Translation: Slide the shape without rotating or flipping it. Think of it as moving the shape across the page.
• 🔄 Rotation: Turn the shape around a point. We usually talk about turning it clockwise or counterclockwise, like the hands on a clock.
• mirroring. Each point on the original shape is the same distance from the mirror line as its corresponding point on the flipped shape.
• 📈 Scale (Enlargement/Reduction): Change the size of the shape. Enlargement makes it bigger, reduction makes it smaller. The shape stays the same, just a different size.
• 📐 Sequences: This means more than one transformation happens in a row! Pay close attention to the order.

✍️ Practice Quiz

1. What transformation is shown when a shape is flipped over a line?
   1. Translation
   2. Rotation
   3. Reflection
   4. Enlargement
2. Which transformation involves sliding a shape without changing its orientation?
   1. Rotation
   2. Reflection
   3. Translation
   4. Dilation
3. A triangle is turned 90 degrees clockwise. What type of transformation is this?
   1. Translation
   2. Reflection
   3. Rotation
   4. Enlargement
4. What happens to the size of a shape during a dilation transformation?
   1. It stays the same.
   2. It gets flipped.
   3. It changes.
   4. It slides.
5. A square is first reflected over the x-axis and then translated 3 units to the right. What is this called?
   1. Single Transformation
   2. Shape Transformation
   3. Transformation Combination
   4. Sequence of Transformations
6. Which of the following is NOT a type of transformation?
   1. Translation
   2. Rotation
   3. Reflection
   4. Color Change
7. A shape is enlarged. What is another name for enlargement?
   1. Reduction
   2. Dilation
   3. Reflection
   4. Translation